I posted this message a while ago, but I thought I'd ask again. I'm a University student writing an article on people ages 30-50 that swim on a regular basis. Specifically I'm looking for people that had joint or bone problems from other forms of exercise, ex: running- knee problems, and switched to swimming because of the low stress on your joints. Or if you would like to reply to this and tell me why you love to swim and why it helps you, that would be great too.
Thanks,
Rebekah
Bekaw--
I have found than many of my friends in the masters world are attracted to swimming, at least in part, for salvation of some sort. Not all are escaping a terrestrial injury, like knee or back problems; but many are finding their way to the pool for relief from SOMETHING in their lives--in my own case, psychological woe.
You might find an article I wrote interesting. It details a reasonably random assortment of male swimmers--i.e., our relay team at Baltimore during Long Course Nationals a few years back. Each of us found our way to the sport as a way of curing something. The fact that 4 random guys in a small suburb of Pittsburgh each had his own life problem helped (in large part) by masters swimming makes me convinced that this wonderful sport helps many, many people across the country.
The article, originally published in Men's Journal magaine, is posted at:
www.usms.org/.../tho5299.htm
PS the earlier correspondent, Hans007, is also a teammate in our small suburban Pittsburgh team, but was not on the relay I write about.
Bekaw--
I have found than many of my friends in the masters world are attracted to swimming, at least in part, for salvation of some sort. Not all are escaping a terrestrial injury, like knee or back problems; but many are finding their way to the pool for relief from SOMETHING in their lives--in my own case, psychological woe.
You might find an article I wrote interesting. It details a reasonably random assortment of male swimmers--i.e., our relay team at Baltimore during Long Course Nationals a few years back. Each of us found our way to the sport as a way of curing something. The fact that 4 random guys in a small suburb of Pittsburgh each had his own life problem helped (in large part) by masters swimming makes me convinced that this wonderful sport helps many, many people across the country.
The article, originally published in Men's Journal magaine, is posted at:
www.usms.org/.../tho5299.htm
PS the earlier correspondent, Hans007, is also a teammate in our small suburban Pittsburgh team, but was not on the relay I write about.
